Day 3 with the braces

Not off to a good start.  I missed yesterday to blog about my braces.  And now, it is well past the time I should have been in bed.  I'll try to wrap this up quickly.

So far, the braces seem to be okay.  Yesterday, I was still in my baby mode.  To avoid any pain, I ate grits and sardines a couple of times and oatmeal another time.  I was expecting the pain to be so severe that I would be losing weight because of the pain.  I was told by a colleagues that she lost weight due to the pain.  She said that it took her weeks to get over the pain.  Others had my stressed out about how the dentist would need to tighten the wires causing pain.  But so far, no pain.  Oh, I received a call from the dentist yesterday, she just wanted to check up on me and asked if I had any pain or discomfort.  Nice.   I managed to go the whole day without any discomfort, so of course I had to be Mr. Risky.  I thought that eating an ice cream bar wouldn't be a problem.  However, while eating the ice cream, one of the wires on the left side of my mouth gave me a very small cut.  Up until that point, I didn't think I would even need the wax, but now I know I will.

Today, I sleep most of the day away, but then I decided to go food shopping to buy some soft foods.  I ended up spending about $140 on food.  Things will be lean for the time being.  I paid about $1000 to get the braces, pluse there is another $4800 remaining on my bill.  My insurance will pay for some, but I'll have to pay the rest. Anyway, this evening on an impulse, I went for Chinese food at a local restaurant.  Not the best idea.  Saturday is their busy day.  I ended up waiting about 20 minutes for a small wonton soup and a small egg drop soup.  I also bought a Hostess cherry pie.  I got through the soups with no problem, but esthetics.  It was so gross looking at food caught in the braces that I think I won't be eating any solid foods for lunch.  I can't see myself having time to get that food out of the braces in the usually limited time I have for lunch.  I have a bad habit of using my lunch time like a prep period.  I'm thinking oatmeal, grits, and cream of wheat as my lunch time meals.  Much easier to rinse after those foods than some of the other foods.

What about the pie? Well, I'd forgotten the no hard food warning.  The crust on the pies were a bit hard.  Mild discomfort, but I was able to eat the pie....that is until I was about half-way through the second pie.  My braces clicked on something.  Luckily, no damage was done.  I don't want this metal grill in my mouth not a second longer than it needs to be. 

Well, I better go.